Show THE matoh eatch FACTORY A DESERVING institution THAT SHOTT tad tab DECEIVE this morning a representative of the NEWS visited the great western match factory in tho the second ward wards and was much interested in witnessing the details ot of manufacture any person visiting a factory of this feind keind would be repaid by what ho he learns leams the umber timber used is q quaker U taken inken asp from our mountains it Is adapted for the pur pobo pobe the timber la Is cut buit into round leng ieng lengths tha these are put through an ingenious ingen lous ious and intricate machine and cut into ribbons of great length uniform ud and about twelve i i inches wide As theae pass through the machine they are cut partially through in regular lines suitable bul bui table tabie to the folds of the boxes which are made with astonishing rapidity by women and children childre ii at their homes the wood for the matches or splints is made in a similar way in narrower strips being put through a machine every click of which repeated each second turns out thirty aggregating 1800 a min biln ute the splints are placed jn in a contrivance which when shaken arranges them in regular dowshen row rows when shen they are readily laid into large square boxes they are next placed in a machine which arra arrn arranges them in order in frames containing 2800 holes with a match in bach each in this situation the points are dip dipped d in the sulphur the process that tre the a t follows is to run them avei over oven a roller which rey revolves olves in a quantity of phosphorus and the matches are made madg they are subsequently deftly removed from the frames and boxed by children the company are now making daily from fifteen to twenty gross of boxes but have a capacity for one hundred the establishment Is the superintend ten denoy dency 1 of L dalquist who Is entitled to a good deal of credit for his enterprise and courage in sticking to the concern through serious difficulties on entailed tailed by the destruction of the first establishment by fire nire he is aided by john bohman a practical matchmaker match maker of long experience the resumption of business bu siness alnesa after the fire was last january and in consequence of the exceedingly cold weather at that time it was impossible to maintain some of the materials at the proper temperature and by an oversight some inferior matches were then placed on the market it is to be hoped that this intrinsically trifling incident will not impair tha tho reputation of the factory which Is turning out a very excellent product quite equal to the imported square iuan luan tenear aua ano quite gulte as aa cheap the proprietors of the factory are all working men struggling to gain a foothold in establishing and perpetuating a useful industry give them encouragement r |